Paper-serving apparatus.



APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1910.

Patented June 30,1914.

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HARRY LIEBEGK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR TO SCOTT PAPER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER-SERVING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY LmBnoK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Paper-Serving Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for serving paper, such as toilet-paper or'toweling, from a roll, and to overcome the difiiculties heretofore existing'in apparatus of the kind owing to the tearing and wasting of the paper.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a paper roll-holder and delivering device embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line AA of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

at is a base-plate adapted to be secured to the wall.

6, Z) are bracket-arms carried by the baseplate and provided at their outer ends with bearings for the rotary mandrel d upon which the roll of paper a is placed. As shown, one of the bearings is formed by a cylindrical boss f on which one of the ends of the cylindrical mandrel is slipped, and the other bearing is formed by a cylindrical socket f, which receives the slightly enlarged cylindrical head 9 of the mandrel. The faces of the boss f and head 9 are closed by webs h h respectively, through which extends the shaft y. The outer end of the shaft j is provided with a retaining head 2' which lies on the inside of the web it of the bearingboss f, and the shaft is provided with a noncircular portion 70 which fits a complementary hole in the web 72, of the head 9 of the mandrel. A spring on between the web h and a nut n on the shaftthe tension of which may be regulated by the adjustment of the nutretains the shaft in place with the retaining head 2' bearing on the web .72 of the bearing-boss. The outer end of the shaft j projects beyond the arm I) at that end and is provided with a knob or handle 0 by which the shaft j and, with it the mandrel (l and roll of paper 6, may be rotated.

The roll of paper is fitted tightly on the mandrel so as to be rotated by it, and for this purpose the mandrel may be provided with retaining projections p p. The base at, arms I) and mandrel d are all preferably formed of stamped sheet metal. This form of the device is particularly adapted for rolls of toilet-paper; the person using the apparatus turns the roll by the operation of the handle 0 to unroll the paper, which is then torn off. This rotation of the roll by means of a shaft operated by a handle enables any length of paper to be unrolled, without putting any strain upon the paper and without any possibility of tearingit. When the paper is unrolled by a direct pull upon it, as is now usual, the paper is liable to break off at the perforations, before the desired amount is unwound, or to tear apart between the perforations. This is particularly liable to occur if any substantial tension is placed uponthe roll to resist its free rotation upon its mandrel, and unless there is a substantial tension, or resistance to rotation, the roll will rotate so freely with a hard pull, that too much paper will be unrolled, resulting in great waste, or, if the paper breaks off with a loose end, while the roll is rotating, the loose end may be carried up and become snarled in the fixture. The adjustment of the spring m by the nut n enables the tension on the mandrel to be so regulated that, while the mandrel may be rotated with facility, there may be suflicient resistance to prevent the paper being unrolled to any substantial further extent when being torn off.

What I claim is as follows:

1. In paper-serving apparatus, the combination of supporting arms provided with bearings, a hollow sheet metal tube journaled at its ends in said supporting arms and constituting a hollow rotary mandrel adapted to support a roll of paper, a shaft extending through said mandrel, projecting at one end through one of the supporting arms, and provided on said projecting end with an operating handle, said shaft being operatively connected with the mandrel.

2. In paper-serving apparatus, the combination of supporting arms provided with bearings, a hollow sheet metal tube journaled at its ends in said supporting arms and constituting a hollow rotary mandrel adapted to support a roll of paper, a shaft extending through said mandrel, projecting at one end through one of the supporting arms, and provided on said projecting end with an operating handle, said shaft being operatively connected with the mandrel,

and a spring acting on said mandrel and imposing frictional resistance between the mandrel and its bearings.

3. In paper serving apparatus, the combination of two supporting arms 6, b, one provided with a boss and the other with a socket f, a hollow sheet metal tube having one end journaled On the boss and the other journaled within the socket, said tube constituting a mandrel adapted to carry a roll of paper, and a handle connected with said mandrel for manually operating the same, and a spring for regulating the tension between said mandrel and its bearings.

a. In aper serving apparatus, the combination of two supporting arms 7), b, one provided with a boss j having a Web It and the other with a socket f, a hollow sheet metal tube l'iaving one end journaled on the boss and the other journaled within the socket, said tube constituting a mandrel adapted to carry a roll of paper and being provided at one end. with a web it, a shaft extending through said tube and operatively connected with said webs 71, h, and a handle connected with said shaft for manually operat-iirg the same 5. In paper serving apparatus, the combination of two supporting arms Z), Z), one provided with a boss 7' having a web it and the other with a socket f, a hollow sheet metal tube having one end journaled on the boss and the other journaled within the socket said tube constituting a mandrel adapted to carry a roll of paper and bein provided at one end with a web it, a shaft extendingthrough said tube and operatively connected with said webs it, it, a handle connected with said shaft for manually operating the same. and a spring between said shaft and mandrel iimposing frictional resistance between the mandrel and its .bearinns.

In testimony of which inventnm, I here unto set my hand.

HARRY LIEB PICK.

\Vitnesses GEO. E. GRIFFIN, MARY L. Gnmvrono.

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